May 31, Presentation 2, Neighbourhood Improvement Partnership Competition

Citizens for the CityNeighbourhood Improvement Partnership Challenge

Initiative of: United Technologies Corporation

Meet & Greet 2.0

Schedule for the day

• Registration• Introduction Presentation • Experts Speak:

– Ashwin Mahesh (Mapunity & CPPS) - Social Technology Platforms and Entrepreneurship– Himadri Das (Embarq) - Mobility Solutions– Hariharan (BCIL-IGBC) –Earth Bazaar- Energy and Off-the Grid Innovations

• Talk by BBMP Commissioner

• Public Discussion Moderated by Ankit Bhargava (Team NIPC)– Question & Answer session (per sector) that will help capture issues,– Challenges in developing proposals + support required– How can Citizens for the City be the platform for you

• Sector Interactions – One on One engagements as needed

What is NIP?‘Neighbourhood Improvement Partnership’ is a platform to enable citizens to participate in solving daily urban issues

Why NIP?Breaking the complex urban problems into smaller pieces – starting with a neighbourhood!

•Bring attention to the neighbourhood scale that directly impacts quality of life of residents•Create a framework to involve citizens in problem solving alongside public officials•Bring to the fore good practices (workable solutions to civic problems) in the city that others can learn from•Showcasing the potential of Corporate Social Responsibility to tackle and overcome development challenges in the city•C4C, a first of a kind initiative by UTC, a Corporate GRANT of Rs 1 Crore to support the winning Neighbourhood Improvement Initiatives

What projects can you apply with?

6 Indicative Sectors

1. Improving Mobility

2. Spot light on Public Safety

3. Revitalization of Public Spaces

4. Off the Grid Initiatives

5. Waste Management

6. Environment and Lakes

- All proposals must aim for improvements to the quality of life of those localities

- Projects to be proposed only in public spaces not private areas

- Projects must not be religious, political or sectarian

For more information please visit www.citizensforthecity.in or call us at +91 90660 21530

To solve a problem in your neighbourhood, What do you need?

• Active community

– Identify issues

– Over view and monitoring (during and after implementation)

Idea and technical assistance

BBMP Support

Funding for winning ideas/ proposals

Funding your project

Financial awards for winning entries• Total grant INR 1 CRORE – Given by UTC, dispensed by UWB• Upto INR 15 Lakhs per project towards implementation• All sectors to be represented in award • Criterion to be met for grant to be received

The Grant money can be given to an awardee who is• An RWA registered under KSA and have an active Bank Account• NGO with FCRA / 80G • Businesses who must have a tie-up with an RWA for the solution that is to be embedded in that

neighborhood• CBO and other associations who have been working with underprivileged communities for atleast

2 years


Issue Identification | Technical assistance | BBMP support | Funding

LaunchMay 7, 2015

June 25, 2015

August, 2015

May 7 – June 25, 2015

Sept. 2015 – June 2016

June 2016

Proposal creation and consultations

Submissions close

Announcement of winners (Date to be announced)BBMP on selection Panel

Approval and execution of projects with BBMP(Monitoring by UTC)

Submission of documentation of the ‘before and after’ of the targeted issue


BBMP Accreditation

NIP team: Centre for Public Problem Solving (CPPS) and Embarq

The process of Consultations for competition applicants involve:

•Connect project teams (Solution Seekers – SS) with relevant experts/Businesses in the space

• (Solution Providers – SP)

– For domain specific knowledge

•Mentorship for developing proposals

– Feasibility of the project

– Financial assessment and costing

– Impact analysis

– Replicability

– Phasing

•Sharing case studies of comparable projects

What support will NIP Team provide?



VisitsRajesh Shah | PeerwaterSewage treatment in multiple neighbourhoods

Aliyeh Rizvi | The Native PlaceSignage and story telling in Avenue road

Subramanian Sankaran| Mapsas Public space improvement around Ambalipura Lake.

Malini Parmar | Kasa Mukta Belundur Education programmes for community waste management

Anil and Nitin | Koramangala 3rd block Leaf litter project and community library, lake revival

What support we have provided. NIP activities

Issue Identification | Technical assistance | BBMP cooperation | Funding

Reach out if you want help ideate, visit your community etc

What support we have provided. NIP activities

Meet and Greet, Sunday May 24


We know so many peopl to see….

3% 58%

Status update: What do people care about?

20% 50%

6%9%


• Issue Identification #Fixit

Technical assistance #Fixit

BBMP Support

• Funding

• Overview Monitoring

NIP is here to fix 3 key pieces of the puzzle

- Connecting solution seekers with solution providers

- Mentoring through accreditation of proposals

- Winning proposals get financial awards to implement the project

To solve a problem in your Neighbourhood What do you need?

Going forward Week 4 – Week 7

Tell us if

• If you are making a proposal and require technical support

• If your organization doesn’t meet eligibility criteria

• If you are a solution provider still looking for a community to embed your project

Thank you!

We would be delighted to hear from you- Whether you face a particular problem in your locality and your community wants help to solve it- You have a great idea and you want to submit it for the competition-You have a solution but are looking for a place to apply it

To set up an appointment or for any assistance contact:Kalpana Kar; Ashwin Mahesh; V. [email protected]

Write to us at [email protected], Call us at +91 90660 21530

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